The Hobbit Characters
The full name of the Dwarf leader
Thorin Oakenshield
Bilbo loses many of these in his narrow escape from the goblins.
What are buttons?
Gandalf serves as this for Thorin’s company, offering wisdom, magical aid, and occasional rescues.
What is wizard?
As a hobbit, Bilbo is particularly fond of these, of which hobbits are said to have six daily.
What are meals?
These enormous animals assist the group in escaping from wolves and goblins by carrying them to safety.
What are eagles?
The Master of Rivendell
Elrond
How does Gandalf deceive and defeat the trolls?
He confuses them with speaking until sunlight
These three characters are outlaws who spend their time robbing travelers and cooking their victims.
What are trolls?
This is the name for the second morning meal that Bilbo enjoys.
What is second breakfast?
This creature lives deep in the goblin tunnels, speaks in hissing whispers, and has a peculiar obsession with riddles.
Who is Gollum?
Who sings "Fifteen birds in five fir trees?"
What are the goblins?
The name of Bilbo's sword.
What is "Sting".
This is the title Gandalf assigns to Bilbo when convincing Thorin and company to include him in their adventure.
What is a burglar?
Gollum prefers to eat these slippery creatures, which he catches in his underground lake.
What is fish?
This is the group of evil wolves that terrorize Gandalf, Bilbo, and the dwarves.
What are wargs?
He is the only dwarf who seemed to like Bilbo from the beginning.
Balin
The title of the 6th chapter, which explains how the characters escape one dangerous situation and end up in an equally perilous situation.
What is "Out the Frying-pan into the Fire."
Before becoming a leader, Thorin and his kin were forced to earn a living by doing this job.
What is blacksmithing or mining?
In Beorn’s house, the group feasts on bread, honey, and this 'beverage'.
What is cream?
This shape-shifter lends the group ponies for their journey, but warns them to return the animals.
Who is Boern?
What is the name of the place where Smaug lives?
Lonely Mountain
The location or event where/when Bilbo names his sword.
What is Mirkwood Forest?
or
Where does Bilbo encounter the spiders in the forest?
Beorn is known for being both a skin-changer and this type of worker, living off the land with his animals.
What is farmer or beekeeper?
Surprise visitors, messes in his home and adventure.
What does Bilbo hate at the start of the novel?
This is what Bilbo does to enrage the spiders in his plan to free his friends.
What are singing songs?